Articles
Bette Comes Up Roses
Broadway's 1959-60 season, though not a high-water mark in the vanished heyday of the book musical, brought The Sound of Music, Fiorello!, Carol Burnett in Once...
A Letter From The Publisher, Mar. 30, 1953
You may have seen the picture on this page before, although it never actually appeared on a TIME cover. It was a movie prop used in the film A Woman of...
Milestones, Dec. 13, 1976
Married. Elizabeth Taylor, 44, buxom film actress, and John William Warner, 49, former Secretary of the Navy; she for the seventh time (her former husbands:...
The Theater: The Comic Spirit
In her very first try at the stage, when she was a college freshman, Rosalind Russell confidently expected and got the leading role. Cast as St. Francis...
The Theater: New Musical in Manhattan, Mar. 9, 1953
Wonderful Town (book by Joseph Fields & Jerome Chodorov; music by Leonard Bernstein; lyrics by Betty Comden & Adolph Green) is a kind of deluxe special train for...
Alec's Irish Roz
A Majority of One (Warner). A Jewish comedian once remarked that Jewish humor is universal: it can be understood in all five boroughs of New York City. This...
The Theater: New Plays in Manhattan, Nov. 12, 1956
Auntie Mame (adapted from Patrick Dennis'-novel by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee) will likely be the favorite popular comedy of the season. It matters...
Stars: Voyage of the Southern Breeze
Frank Sinatra cannot help it. His protests notwithstanding, he does things the noticeable way. Tired after a recent concert tour, Frank announced that he...
Cinema: Momma
Gypsy. "Hold yer hats an "hallelujah!" the burlescuties used to bellow, "Momma's gonna show it to ya!'' Momma in the present instance is Rosalind Russell, and at...
People: Dec. 22, 1967
Ask 22 different celebrities for ideas on how to decorate a Christmas tree, and what do they send? Twenty-two different personal plugs, that's what. Hallmark...


